Our classes vary depending on the teacher and their unique background. We are a small group of dedicated practitioners and devoted students in the lineage of Patanjali’s eight limbed path of yoga. Individually we have studied many styles of yoga including Iyengar, Ashtanga, Kundalini, Yin, Restorative, as well as meditation techniques that stem from both the Burmese and Tibetan Buddhist traditions, and healing therapies including Somatic Experiencing, Reiki, Breathwork. We teach through our experience of what resonates most powerfully with us, and blend tradition with embodied creativity. With reverence and deep gratitude for these potent practices and our teachers, we share what we learn as an offering with the hope of benefiting all living beings.
We believe in the power of attuning to our bodies and strengthening our mind body connection as our bodies are often giving us messages long before our brains can put language around those messages. We believe in our capacity to change our deep unconscious patterns working with the wisdom of our bodies and our breath. We believe in the power of creative process to transmute, to grow and connect us, and as a way to stay inquisitive and tune to the parts of us that are hard to hear. We offer creative workshops and practices to support and make space for outlets of embodied movement, writing, singing, songwriting, drumming, drawing, baking, and beyond.
SCHEDULED CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
OPEN FLOW All levels to advanced hatha-vinyasa class; sequence with the breath often leading to a peak pose.
GENTLE FLOW All levels slower paced hatha-vinyasa; expect a gentle opening sequence, challenging strengthening standing poses, and longer held Yin and restorative poses. Beginner friendly.
FLOW AND RESTORE A solid gold combo of flowing for the first half and restorative, long held fully supported poses for the second half.
RESTORATIVE A deeply restful method of yoga utilizing props, bolsters and blankets to fully support the body in poses for 5-10 minutes at a time. Class may also include gentle hands on Reiki touch, essential oils and sound healing.
YIN A practice to enhance receptive contemplative qualities; longer held postures to allow many muscle groups to soften, while gently pulling and applying pressure to the yin tissues of the body (the bones and ligaments) to maintain their pliancy and nourish the meridians coursing through them.
PILATES Incorporates mindful, breath based movement and core strength exercises chosen to increase and balance muscular strength specific to your individual needs. We focus on balancing muscular strength on both sides of your body, as well as enhancing muscular control of your back and limbs, resulting in improved posture and stabilization of your spine. It can also be used for the rehabilitation or prevention of injuries related to any muscle imbalances, as well as the safe rehabilitation of joint and spinal injuries.
KUNDALINI Kundalini Yoga was originally the knowledge of energy. Over a period of time movements were added to support the optimal flow in the body. Each class is a unique journey that includes breath, movement, meditation, mantra and relaxation. This practice aligns body, mind, and soul.
MEDITATION Guided meditation sometimes using visualization or the focal point of the breath
MEDITATION & FREE WRITE 5 minute guided meditation and stream of conscious writing as a daily practice with the accountability support of the group
NEW MOON RESTORATIVE a pause on the new moon to rest, reflect, reset; practice restorative yoga, listen to energetic insights, journal and set intentions
BABY & ME A gentle flow class for babies & caretakers involving a little movement with the babies, and yoga for the caregiver to relieve shoulder and back pain, poses to assist reintegration, to energize, align and restore.
PRENATAL GENTLE FLOW This gentle flow class is designed especially to support a pregnant body's needs, to build strength, flexibility, and awareness. The practice will help improve sleep, reduce stress and pregnancy related aches and pains through gentle postures, breathing, and meditation.
YOGA & EMBODIED WRITING A class integrating yoga asana and writing practice. Brief writing prompts are offered between movement sequences as another tool to connect to self.
SOLID GOLD SOUND BATH Be bathed in golden sounds of rotating sound healing artists. The sound bath is most often combined with Breathwork, Reiki, or Restorative Yoga.
